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In 2013, the European Commission ordered a &euro;360,000 ($430,000) study on how piracy affects sales of music, books, movies and games in the EU. However, it never ended up showing it to the public except for one cherry-picked section. That's possib...

Talking Heads (Credit: Sire Records) Last year, the rumor mill went into overdrive with whispers that Talking Heads might be reuniting. The very idea was momentous: Save for a 2002 appearance at their Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction, the beloved post-punk quartet — guitarist/vocalist David Byrne, bassist Tina Weymouth, […]

If you use Safari to stream Spotify tunes, you're going to need a plan B. Listeners have discovered that Spotify's web player no longer works with Safari. Visit and you'll be asked to either use an alternative browser or fire up the native Mac app....

Fleetwood Mac (Credit: fleetwoodmacbook.com) Little known fact: Besides drumming for Fleetwood Mac, Mick Fleetwood is a prolific author. Over the years, he’s written three books about his time with the beloved rock band, including a 2014 autobiography, “Play On: Now, Then, and Fleetwood Mac.” Fleetwood’s latest effort, “Love That Burns: […]

Esperanza Spalding (Credit: Getty/Mychal Watts) Esperanza Spalding has never shied away from a challenge. Among her latest gambits: In 2016, the jazz bassist/vocalist released “Emily’s D+Evolution,” a Tony Visconti-co-produced concept album that doubles as an excursion through jazz, funk, rock, soul, the blues and everything in between. Spalding is upping […]

'The Defenders' Is
Thrilling Superhero
Team-Up Entertainment
Mark Hughes,
Forbes Netflix's last Marvel series, Iron Fist, didn't quite offer the same thrills as its previous three original series. Its fourth installment that unites all four heroes...

But after cheering the Cosmic Girls as that 13-piece group bounced up and down in unison singing their syrupy hit “Happy,” Mr. Nam said he hoped that North Korea could hear “the sound of freedom” from the south. Photo An estimated 25,000 people gathered at Nuri Peace Park for the […]

Irish songbird Mary Black admits that it seems somewhat strange she’s playing concerts in America on a so-called “Last Call” farewell tour that began three years ago. But she has an explanation. “This is the second leg of the tour,” she says. “We never played San Francisco, just Berkeley, and […]